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 [[Player monster]] [[Barbarian (player monster)|barbarians]], [[Knight (player monster)|knights]], [[Priest (player monster)|priests]], and [[Valkyrie (player monster)|valkyries]] have an effective {{frac|18|155}} chance (roughly ~11.61%) of forcing banded mail in place of their initial body armor.{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|174|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment={{frac|2}} for barbarians and other mentioned roles to get random body armor within the range of objects from plate mail to chain mail in objects.c, using normal generation odds}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|201|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for knights}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|215|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for priests}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|242|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for valkyries}}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As part of {{commit|20cbadcf85544cf9d0c3f4e4200b2800bab49c8e}}&ndash;which strengthens [[quest leader]]s and makes it so that killing them no longer makes the game [[unwinnable]]&ndash;the [[Valkyrie quest]] leader the [[Norn]] always generates with +5 banded mail.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As part of {{commit|20cbadcf85544cf9d0c3f4e4200b2800bab49c8e}}&ndash;which strengthens [[quest leader]]s and makes it so that killing them no longer makes the game [[unwinnable]]&ndash;the [[Norn]], the [[Valkyrie quest]] leader, always generates with +5 banded mail.}}
 ==Description==

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 '''Banded mail''' is a type of [[body armor]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is made of [[iron]].
 ==Generation==
-Banded mail makes up {{frac|9|125}} (7.2%) of all armor randomly generated on the ground, in [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. General stores, used armor dealerships and antique weapon outlets can stock banded mail.
+Banded mail makes up {{frac|9|125}} (7.2%) of all armor randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Used armor dealerships and antique weapon outlets can also stock banded mail.
-[[Mercenaries]] with a target [[AC]] of 2 or better (e.g., [[Yendorian Army]] [[sergeant]]s) that do not receive [[plate mail]] or [[crystal plate mail]] have an effective {{frac|4|15}} chance of being [[generated with]] banded mail.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|625|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+[[Mercenaries]] with a target [[AC]] value of 2 or lower (e.g., [[Sergeant (monster)|sergeants]]) have a {{frac|3}} chance of being [[generated with]] splint mail:{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|625|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} for mercenaries with a target AC value of -1 or lower that do not receive [[plate mail]] or [[crystal plate mail]], this results in an effective {{frac|4|15}} chance of splint.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|622|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 [[Player monster]] [[Barbarian (player monster)|barbarians]], [[Knight (player monster)|knights]], [[Priest (player monster)|priests]], and [[Valkyrie (player monster)|valkyries]] have an effective {{frac|18|155}} chance (roughly ~11.61%) of forcing banded mail in place of their initial body armor.{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|174|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment={{frac|2}} for barbarians and other mentioned roles to get random body armor within the range of objects from plate mail to chain mail in objects.c, using normal generation odds}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|201|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for knights}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|215|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for priests}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|242|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for valkyries}}
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 ==Description==
-While worn, banded mail confers 6 base [[AC]] and [[MC1]].
+While [[worn]], banded mail grants 6 base [[AC]] and [[MC1]].
 ==Strategy==
-Banded mail is a slight upgrade from [[splint mail]], providing the same protection while being slightly more expensive and 50 [[aum]] lighter. In general, it can suffice as an early set of armor for characters with enough [[carrying capacity]], though it is still quite heavy; the [[dwarvish mithril-coat]] or [[elven mithril-coat]] is typically preferable at minimum.
+Banded mail is a slight upgrade from [[splint mail]], providing the same protection while being slightly more expensive and 50 [[aum]] lighter. In general, it can suffice as an early set of armor for [[hero]]es with enough [[carrying capacity]], though it is still quite heavy and they may prefer at least a [[dwarvish mithril-coat]] or [[elven mithril-coat]].
 ==History==
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 {{wikipedia|Banded mail}}
 {{wikipedia|Lorica segmentata}}
-"Banded mail" is a 19th century neologism describing a type of composite armor formed by taking [[Splint mail|splint armor]] and applying the concepts of the personal banded armor (or ''lorica segmentata'') worn by soldiers of the Roman army. Banded mail was believed to have existed during the 13th century in particular, but the historicity of banded mail is doubted: the term is a source of confusion due to similar armor being known by a wide variety of terms, and descriptions of banded mail have also been applied to plated mail, [[wikipedia:Laminar_armour|"laminar"]], brigandines, and splinted armor itself. Although considered a real type of armor during the 19th century, later history works claim that banded mail arose due to a misinterpretation of medieval manuscripts and tomb effigies.
+"Banded mail" is a 19th century neologism describing a type of composite armor formed by taking splint armor and applying the concepts of the personal banded armor (or ''lorica segmentata'') worn by soldiers of the Roman army. Banded mail was believed to have existed during the 13th century in particular, but the historicity of banded mail is doubted: the term is a source of confusion due to similar armor being known by a wide variety of terms, and descriptions of banded mail have also been applied to plated mail, [[wikipedia:Laminar armour|"laminar"]], brigandines, and splinted armor itself. Although it was considered a real type of armor during the 19th century, later history works claim that banded mail arose due to a misinterpretation of medieval manuscripts and tomb effigies.
 Though there have been attempts at modern reconstructions of banded mail, no known historic examples are confirmed to exist. Existing manuscript and effigy representation has generally been interpreted as covering a variety of methods for depicting chainmail. British historian Charles John ffoulkes, author of the 1912 book ''The Armourer and His Craft'', claimed that banded mail did exist as chain mail with leather thongs threaded through it, and suggested that no specimen survived because the leather would have disintegrated in the centuries between their use and their discovery. Regardless, banded mail is entrenched in the popular consciousness as a result of its inclusion in the armor list for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', which ''NetHack'' draws from.
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 ==Variants==
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], banded mail confers 3 AC and 3 [[DR]] while worn, and its weight is reduced to 175 aum.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], banded mail grants 3 base AC and 3 base [[DR]] while worn, and its weight is reduced to 175 aum.
-Warrior [[Amm Kamerel]] always generated with small-sized banded mail, which has an equal probability of its [[Object materials (dNetHack)|material]] being either [[copper]], [[glass]] or [[silver]]. [[Uiscerre Eladrin]] generate with banded mail made of copper, and the [[ogre emperor]] always generates with banded mail. [[Tengu]] have a {{frac|20}} chance of generating with banded mail, and those generated on the [[Samurai quest]] will always have banded mail.
+A few monsters can generate with banded mail:
 ===EvilHack===
 In [[EvilHack]], the weight of banded mail is reduced to 250 aum.
-[[Croesus]] has a {{frac|2}} chance of generating with [[Gold (material)|gold]] banded mail. The [[Norn]] always generates with +4 banded mail.
+[[Croesus]] has a {{frac|2}} chance of generating with [[Gold (material)|gold]] banded mail.
-Banded mail can be created at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] by combining a [[ring mail]] and a [[scale mail]].
+Banded mail can be created at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] by combining a set of [[ring mail]] and a set of [[scale mail]].
 ==References==

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 ==Generation==
-In addition to random generation, general [[store]]s and armor shops can stock banded mail.
+Banded mail makes up {{frac|9|125}} (7.2%) of all armor randomly generated on the ground, in [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. General stores, used armor dealerships and antique weapon outlets can stock banded mail.
-[[Mercenaries]] with a target [[AC]] of 2 or better (e.g., [[Yendorian Army]] [[sergeant]]s) that do not receive [[plate mail]] or [[crystal plate mail]] have an effective {{frac|4|15}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|generating with]] banded mail.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|625|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+[[Mercenaries]] with a target [[AC]] of 2 or better (e.g., [[Yendorian Army]] [[sergeant]]s) that do not receive [[plate mail]] or [[crystal plate mail]] have an effective {{frac|4|15}} chance of being [[generated with]] banded mail.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|625|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 [[Player monster]] [[Barbarian (player monster)|barbarians]], [[Knight (player monster)|knights]], [[Priest (player monster)|priests]], and [[Valkyrie (player monster)|valkyries]] have an effective {{frac|18|155}} chance (roughly ~11.61%) of forcing banded mail in place of their initial body armor.{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|174|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment={{frac|2}} for barbarians and other mentioned roles to get random body armor within the range of objects from plate mail to chain mail in objects.c, using normal generation odds}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|201|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for knights}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|215|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for priests}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|242|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for valkyries}}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As part of {{commit|20cbadcf85544cf9d0c3f4e4200b2800bab49c8e}} - which strengthens [[quest leader]]s and makes it so that killing them no longer makes the game [[unwinnable]] - the [[Valkyrie quest]] leader the [[Norn]] always generates with +5 banded mail.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As part of {{commit|20cbadcf85544cf9d0c3f4e4200b2800bab49c8e}}&ndash;which strengthens [[quest leader]]s and makes it so that killing them no longer makes the game [[unwinnable]]&ndash;the [[Valkyrie quest]] leader the [[Norn]] always generates with +5 banded mail.}}
 ==Description==

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 ==Strategy==
-Banded mail is a slight upgrade from [[splint mail]], providing the same protection while being lighter by 50 [[aum]] and having a slightly higher base cost. In general, it is still quite heavy, and either the [[dwarvish mithril-coat]] or [[elven mithril-coat]] is typically preferable at minimum.
+Banded mail is a slight upgrade from [[splint mail]], providing the same protection while being slightly more expensive and 50 [[aum]] lighter. In general, it can suffice as an early set of armor for characters with enough [[carrying capacity]], though it is still quite heavy; the [[dwarvish mithril-coat]] or [[elven mithril-coat]] is typically preferable at minimum.
 ==History==
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 "Banded mail" is a 19th century neologism describing a type of composite armor formed by taking [[Splint mail|splint armor]] and applying the concepts of the personal banded armor (or ''lorica segmentata'') worn by soldiers of the Roman army. Banded mail was believed to have existed during the 13th century in particular, but the historicity of banded mail is doubted: the term is a source of confusion due to similar armor being known by a wide variety of terms, and descriptions of banded mail have also been applied to plated mail, [[wikipedia:Laminar_armour|"laminar"]], brigandines, and splinted armor itself. Although considered a real type of armor during the 19th century, later history works claim that banded mail arose due to a misinterpretation of medieval manuscripts and tomb effigies.
-Though there have been attempts at modern reconstructions of banded mail, no known historic examples are confirmed to exist. Existing manuscript and effigy representation has generally been interpreted as covering a variety of methods for depicting chainmail. British historian Charles John ffoulkes, author of the 1912 book ''The Armourer and His Craft'', claimed that banded mail did exist as chainmail with leather thongs threaded through, and suggested that no specimen survived because the leather would have disintegrated in the centuries between their use and their discovery, leaving conventional chainmail. Regardless, banded mail is entrenched in the popular consciousness as a result of its inclusion in the armor list for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', which ''NetHack'' draws from.
+Though there have been attempts at modern reconstructions of banded mail, no known historic examples are confirmed to exist. Existing manuscript and effigy representation has generally been interpreted as covering a variety of methods for depicting chainmail. British historian Charles John ffoulkes, author of the 1912 book ''The Armourer and His Craft'', claimed that banded mail did exist as chain mail with leather thongs threaded through it, and suggested that no specimen survived because the leather would have disintegrated in the centuries between their use and their discovery. Regardless, banded mail is entrenched in the popular consciousness as a result of its inclusion in the armor list for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', which ''NetHack'' draws from.
 ==Variants==
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 In [[dNetHack]], banded mail confers 3 AC and 3 [[DR]] while worn, and its weight is reduced to 175 aum.
-Warrior [[Amm Kamerel]] always generated with small-sized banded mail, which has an equal probability of its [[Object materials (dNetHack)|material]] being either [[copper]], [[glass]] or [[silver]]. [[Uiscerre Eladrin]] generate with banded mail made of copper. The [[ogre emperor]] always generates with banded mail. [[Tengu]] have a {{frac|20}} chance of generating with banded mail, and those generated on the [[Samurai quest]] will always have banded mail.
+Warrior [[Amm Kamerel]] always generated with small-sized banded mail, which has an equal probability of its [[Object materials (dNetHack)|material]] being either [[copper]], [[glass]] or [[silver]]. [[Uiscerre Eladrin]] generate with banded mail made of copper, and the [[ogre emperor]] always generates with banded mail. [[Tengu]] have a {{frac|20}} chance of generating with banded mail, and those generated on the [[Samurai quest]] will always have banded mail.
 ===EvilHack===
 In [[EvilHack]], the weight of banded mail is reduced to 250 aum.
-[[Croesus]] has a {{frac|2}} chance of generating with banded mail made of [[Gold (material)|gold]]. The [[Norn]] always generates with +4 banded mail.
+[[Croesus]] has a {{frac|2}} chance of generating with [[Gold (material)|gold]] banded mail. The [[Norn]] always generates with +4 banded mail.
 Banded mail can be created at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] by combining a [[ring mail]] and a [[scale mail]].

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 [[Mercenaries]] with a target [[AC]] of 2 or better (e.g., [[Yendorian Army]] [[sergeant]]s) that do not receive [[plate mail]] or [[crystal plate mail]] have an effective {{frac|4|15}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|generating with]] banded mail.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|625|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-[[Player monster]] [[Barbarian (player monster)|barbarians]], [[Knight (player monster)|knights]], [[Priest (player monster)|priests]], and [[Valkyrie (player monster)|valkyries]] have an effective {{frac|18|155}} chance (roughly ~11.61%) of forcing banded mail in place of their initial body armor.{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|174|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment={{frac|2}} for barbarians and other mentioned roles to get random body armor within the range of objects from plate mail to chain mail in objects.c, using normal generation odds}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|201|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=see previous citation}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|215|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=see previous citation}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|242|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=see previous citation}}
+[[Player monster]] [[Barbarian (player monster)|barbarians]], [[Knight (player monster)|knights]], [[Priest (player monster)|priests]], and [[Valkyrie (player monster)|valkyries]] have an effective {{frac|18|155}} chance (roughly ~11.61%) of forcing banded mail in place of their initial body armor.{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|174|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment={{frac|2}} for barbarians and other mentioned roles to get random body armor within the range of objects from plate mail to chain mail in objects.c, using normal generation odds}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|201|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for knights}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|215|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for priests}}{{refsrc|src/mplayer.c|242|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=body armor for valkyries}}
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As part of {{commit|20cbadcf85544cf9d0c3f4e4200b2800bab49c8e}} - which strengthens [[quest leader]]s and makes it so that killing them no longer makes the game [[unwinnable]] - the [[Valkyrie quest]] leader the [[Norn]] always generates with +5 banded mail.}}

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	[[Mercenaries]] with a target [[AC]] of 2 or better (e.g., [[Yendorian Army]] [[sergeant]]s) that do not receive [[plate mail]] or [[crystal plate mail]] have an effective {{frac\|4\|15}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory\|generating with]] banded mail.{{refsrc\|src/makemon.c\|625\|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}		[[Mercenaries]] with a target [[AC]] of 2 or better (e.g., [[Yendorian Army]] [[sergeant]]s) that do not receive [[plate mail]] or [[crystal plate mail]] have an effective {{frac\|4\|15}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory\|generating with]] banded mail.{{refsrc\|src/makemon.c\|625\|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
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		+	[[Player monster]] [[Barbarian (player monster)\|barbarians]], [[Knight (player monster)\|knights]], [[Priest (player monster)\|priests]], and [[Valkyrie (player monster)\|valkyries]] have an effective {{frac\|18\|155}} chance (roughly ~11.61%) of forcing banded mail in place of their initial body armor.{{refsrc\|src/mplayer.c\|174\|version=NetHack 3.6.7\|comment={{frac\|2}} for barbarians and other mentioned roles to get random body armor within the range of objects from plate mail to chain mail in objects.c, using normal generation odds}}{{refsrc\|src/mplayer.c\|201\|version=NetHack 3.6.7\|comment=see previous citation}}{{refsrc\|src/mplayer.c\|215\|version=NetHack 3.6.7\|comment=see previous citation}}{{refsrc\|src/mplayer.c\|242\|version=NetHack 3.6.7\|comment=see previous citation}}

	{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|As part of {{commit\|20cbadcf85544cf9d0c3f4e4200b2800bab49c8e}} - which strengthens [[quest leader]]s and makes it so that killing them no longer makes the game [[unwinnable]] - the [[Valkyrie quest]] leader the [[Norn]] always generates with +5 banded mail.}}		{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|As part of {{commit\|20cbadcf85544cf9d0c3f4e4200b2800bab49c8e}} - which strengthens [[quest leader]]s and makes it so that killing them no longer makes the game [[unwinnable]] - the [[Valkyrie quest]] leader the [[Norn]] always generates with +5 banded mail.}}

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Banded mail}}
-Banded mail is a standard type of armor in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and games and media inspired by it, but it is unclear if it ever existed as portrayed in D&D. There is no record of the term being used before the 19th century, and descriptions are inconsistent: it may be a type of plate mail made of horizontal bands of metal, or a chain mail reinforced with bands of leather woven into the links.
+{{wikipedia|Lorica segmentata}}
-The first description of banded mail resembles [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminar_armour laminar armor], which was historically used in ancient Rome (as ''lorica segmentata'') and Central Asia. The second description is based mainly on speculation and medieval manuscripts and artwork. There are no known examples of mail with interwoven leather strips, but it is possible that some chain mail once contained leather components that were later lost.
+Though there have been attempts at modern reconstructions of banded mail, no known historic examples are confirmed to exist. Existing manuscript and effigy representation has generally been interpreted as covering a variety of methods for depicting chainmail. British historian Charles John ffoulkes, author of the 1912 book ''The Armourer and His Craft'', claimed that banded mail did exist as chainmail with leather thongs threaded through, and suggested that no specimen survived because the leather would have disintegrated in the centuries between their use and their discovery, leaving conventional chainmail. Regardless, banded mail is entrenched in the popular consciousness as a result of its inclusion in the armor list for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', which ''NetHack'' draws from.
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 [[Category:Body armor]]